Just as lucky fans are enjoying the closed beta for Dragon Ball FighterZ, we’ve received news on the next three characters coming to DBFZ. Revealed in the most recent issue of V-Jump, old school fighters Yamcha and Tien are joining the battle, alongside brand new character Android 21.
Android 21 will feature as part of Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s “what-if” scenario, joining the fight alongside the revived Android 16. She has been specially designed by Dragon Ball series creator Akira Toriyama, but it’s unknown if she will be a playable character at this time. Based off the V-Jump scans, she may be exclusive to the Story Mode.
Similar to Android 18, Tien will be able to call on best pal Chiaotzu as an assist — helping him lock opponents into place so he can start a combo. His Shin Kikoho looks to be his Level 3 Super and interestingly, Tien is wearing his Dragon Ball Super costume, rather than his traditional Crane School outfit.
As for Yamcha, everyone’s favorite desert bandit has Spirit Ball as one of his Supers, along with his trademark Wolf Fang Fist. Hopefully, Yamcha will be an asset to any team, rather than just being DBFZ’s Dan. Fingers crossed for a baseball outfit alt costume in the future.
You can check out the scans below and expect a trailer for Tien, Yamcha and potentially Android 21 to come out of Tokyo Games Show next week.
Funko recently unveiled photos of their upcoming line of Pop! figures for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. Now while this is news in itself, what’s interesting about the revealed figures is the fact that some of them hint at alternate costumes that have yet to be announced by Capcom or Marvel.
The figures in question are coming in 2-pack sets for Captain Marvel and Chun-Li, Rocket Raccoon and X, Gamora and Strider Hiryu, as well as Ultron and Sigma. Of these, 4 of the characters are in unannounced alternate costumes: Chun-Li is in her casual wear from her Street Fighter II ending, Rocket is wearing his Marvel NOW! costume, Gamora is in her costume from the Annihilation event, and Ultron is in his multi-eyed Phalanx form from Annihilation: Conquest.
In addition to these, the 2-packs will also receive special alternate colors available only in select retailers. This seems to hint that the alternate costumes will have alternate colors in game, unlike in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
For those interested, you can check out images of the figures in the gallery below.
Rounding out his character breakdowns for the new characters introduced in the Gamescom build of Dragon Ball FighterZ, Maximilian takes a look at “Earth’s Strongest Warrior,” Krillin.
Noting that he was one of the more difficult characters to get a handle on in the limited time he had with the game — due to his stubby limbs and low damage output — Max feels that, much like in the anime, Krillin does possess a vast amount of hidden potential that will just take more time for players to grasp.
Max begins by going over his special moves, noting that his Afterimage Strike produces a clone that attacks with a leaping kick that goes various lengths depending on the strength used, that can be used to follow-up your attacks and continue applying pressure. Krillin can also hold the button down to make the afterimage vanish right before it lands with the attack, allowing Krillin to confuse his enemies reminiscent of the fake-outs he and Goku used in the original series, while he calls an assist or uses another special.
His double shot ki blasts can go in different directions, covering large amounts of space to supplement his zoner archetype, but they appear to be very sensitive and difficult to control, as they are mapped to various directional inputs and only utilize a single button. His Kamehameha has a unique property compared to the Saiyans and Perfect Cell, as he can hold up while charging it to fire the blast into the air. Currently, he is the only character in the cast with this ability.
His Senzu Bean special functions as an item throw, similar to Faust or Teddie, where Krillin will throw either a rock or a random Senzu Bean in one of three different trajectories. Senzu Beans heal about 20-25% of a player’s health, are extremely rare and limited, and can be picked up by your enemies, similar to Faust’s doughnuts or Teddie’s chocolate bars, so you’ll need to be careful when one drops. The rocks tend to behave in a similar fashion to Dudley’s rose, according to Max. Krillin’s final special, the Solar Flare, seems to have decent range, but stuns the opponent on contact, and could perhaps serve as his Reversal on wakeup
His Destructo Disc super is a fast, low-damage projectile, but can be changed into the Chain Destructo Disc Barrage by pressing any button during the attack — at the cost of up to five bars of meter — for a total of five Destucto Discs, allowing him to fill the screen with projectiles and end matches in style. His Level 3, the Split Energy Wave, has invincible startup and covers a large portion of the stage, granting him full-screen punishes; it can be used as a great fear tactic. You can see the full video below.
Maximilian is hopeful he can get breakdowns of Goku, Vegeta, Teen Gohan, Frieza, Perfect Cell and Majin Buu out before the closed beta goes live this weekend, as they will also be included in it. You can also see his breakdowns for Piccolo, Android 16 & Android 18, along with Future Trunks.
Dragon Ball FighterZ will be released in February 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC.
Australia’s longest running tournament series is going down this weekend! OzHadou Nationals 15 has a huge line-up of games, but is headlined by Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, Injustice 2, Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Tekken 7.
OHN15 is a Capcom Pro Tour Ranking Event, drawing some top players from Australia as well as Asia. Participants include INFILTRATION, MOV, Mago, Gachikun, Moke, Oil King, Somniac, BurnoutFighter and more. For a list of entrants and brackets, check out Smash.gg.
If you’re looking to watch the event from home, there are a huge number of streams bringing you the action from Down Under. You can find them below.
Think that televised events are reserved for the United States, the UK, and South Korea? Think again. Another country has thrown its name into the hat, and it’s Canada — with the assistance of major telecom Bell and sports broadcasting network TSN, Northern Arena will be their answer to events like ELEAGUE.
While qualifications for the event concluded in August for Canadian players — Toronto players STDxSin, L.E.S, and Orangeman, alongside Montréal player Drae”Yomi”Games took the slots — the event promises 12 international invites will join the fray for a shot at a $30,000 prize pool. The full lineup was announced yesterday, and the following players will be throwing down in Street Fighter V on TSN next Thursday:
Those who didn’t make it into the Dragon Ball FighterZ beta may have another chance at participating! Bandai Namco announced today that Xbox Insiders will now have access to the closed Dragon Ball FighterZ beta via their membership.
Spots are limited, so be sure to sign up as soon as possible. Anyone can become an Xbox Insider by downloading the Xbox Insider Hub application on their Xbox One and signing up for the program. You will get access to a variety of other perks for being an Insider so it’s worth taking advantage of the program even if you’re only entering to join the beta. Directions for downloading the beta can be viewed below.
The beta test will be taking place this weekend at specified times on both Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Hopefully one of the four sessions lines up with your schedule.
USA (California) PST
EUROPE (France) CST
JAPAN JST
1st Session
2:00am-5:00am (Saturday)
11:00-14:00 (Saturday)
18:00-21:00 (Saturday)
2nd Session
10:00am-1:00pm (Saturday)
19:00-22:00 (Saturday)
2:00-5:00 (Sunday)
3rd Session
6:00pm-9:00pm (Saturday)
3:00-6:00 (Sunday)
10:00-13:00 (Sunday)
4th Session
1:00pm-4:00pm (Sunday)
22:00-1:00 (Sunday/Monday)
5:00-8:00 (Monday)
In other Dragon Ball FighterZ news, Bandai Namco also released a character overview trailer for the frost demon emperor Frieza, so be sure to check that out as well!
Hot of the heels of the SNK Steam sale, which saw various fighters on sale last week, Bandai Namco now has a sale of their own on the PC gaming platform. From now until September 18th, Tekken 7 has had its price slashed on Steam to $29.99. Also on offer is Dragon Ball Xenoverse both 1 & 2, various titles within the Naruto Shippuden series of games, alongside various games in the One Piece series.
If you are wanting to capitalize on this great deal, make your way over to the Steam website and grab your title(s) of choice.
As the end of Burst League — “the unified anime circuit” from smash.gg — is nearly upon us, their Twitter account announced a couple of exciting things for the upcoming second season.
For one, we’re getting some cool numbers: it turns out that since its inception in April 2017, 348 events took place under the Burst League banner, with players earning points to compete in a global ranking. As for players, that number is close to 7,000, but that’s counting repeats, it seems.
*Note: players is across all 348 events. Uniques is around 3K from what we were told. Still amazing to see in the AFGC!
Currently, Burst League covers Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, and The King of Fighters XIV. There’s good news though: the Burst League organizers have been listening to feedback and decided to add Under Night In-Birth and Vampire Savior to the mix! There will also be an event in between Seasons 1 and 2, in the winter.
The wild crossover chaos of UDON’s limited series is drawing towards its close.
The last two issues of UDON’s eight-issue limited comic crossover, Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers, are now available to pre-order! Firstly, if you missed the Previews pre-order for issue #6, it is still available on UDON’s official online retailer, Focus Attack. What’s going down in issue #6…? From UDON:
As Chun-Li and her allies search for a way to escape from the frightening Majigen dimension, Hsien-Ko hunts down a feral World Warrior — the power-hungry Necalli! The crossover chaos continues in STREET FIGHTER VS. DARKSTALKERS!
Meanwhile, issues #7 and #8 are now available through their Previews order codes. About issue #7:
The gloves are off as the champions of two worlds all come head to head and fist to fist! This maelstrom of monsters and martial artists will shake the universe to its core, in a fight for existence! It’s the penultimate chapter of STREET FIGHTER VS. DARKSTALKERS!
Issue #7 will have two available covers, one by Edwin Huang(A) and Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz(B). The story is written by Ken Siu-Chong, and the main story is drawn by Hanzo Steinbach while the bonus story is drawn by Sean “Cheeks” Galloway.
Issue #8 synopsis, from UDON:
The frighteningly furious fighting game crossover comes to its chaotic conclusion! The demonic Jedah’s master plan threatens not only the World Warriors and the Night Warriors, but the universe itself! It’s the final chapter of STREET FIGHTER VS. DARKSTALKERS!
The last installment of the series will feature a wraparound cover, to match issue #1, by Edwin Huang — who will also provide the interior art for this issue — as well as a guest variant cover by Corey “Rey” Lewis.
Expect the last two issues to hit stores in November, while issue #6 is expected soon. Issue #5 came out just this week, and the prior issues are still available! Secure your copies of these books by heading to your local comic book store, or checking out Focus Attack or comiXology.
STREET FIGHTER VS. DARKSTALKERS #7/#8
32 pages, full color, $3.99 (each)
RELEASE DATE: November 2017 AUG172095 STREET FIGHTER VS DARKSTALKERS #7 (OF 8) CVR A (HUANG)
AUG172096 STREET FIGHTER VS DARKSTALKERS #7 (OF 8) CVR B (CRUZ) SEP172009 STREET FIGHTER VS DARKSTALKERS #8 (OF 8) CVR A (HUANG)
SEP172010 STREET FIGHTER VS DARKSTALKERS #8 (OF 8) CVR B (LEWIS)
With Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite launching in a mere five days, the Marvel vs. Capcom YouTube channel continues to roll out more character tutorials with the help of Unequalled Media and FingerCramp. As always, Capcom UK Community Manger Matt “The Street Writer” Edwards returns to provide narration.
As before, these videos provide a brief character introduction, before covering each of their special moves, unique skills — such as Chris’s Prone Position, Strider’s wall cling or Hulk’s new wall jump (the Avalanche Leap) — and Hyper combos. Each video also provides demonstrations of both basic and advanced combos for each character, before closing on an Infinity Stone recommendation, such as using the Mind Stone for Dormammu to have access to more Stalking Flares, or giving Strider Hiryu the Soul Stone to effectively increase his overall health pool, making him a bit less of a glass cannon.
You can see all six videos below, while also getting a chance to listen to their new character themes, though Chris’s has been inadvertently replaced with Nemesis’. You can also check out Japanese character trailers for Iron Man and Chris here and here respectively.
A new Japanese trailer has also dropped for Gamora:
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite will be released in North America and Europe this Tuesday, September 19th, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC. A Japanese release for the same platforms will follow two days later on Thursday, September 21st.
